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chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own fellow republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart as voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears the country's political crisis will negatively impact the euro. and how's this for a minor traffic of fat the shocking video posted by a russian comp all of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous speeds. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said no way our top story this hour chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being narrowly approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iraq it's also just two days before billions of dollars in budget cuts are scheduled to hit the military can now on the clash on capitol hill. chuck hagel was conf
chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own fellow republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart as voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears the country's political crisis will negatively impact the euro. and how's this for a minor traffic of fat the shocking video posted by a russian comp all of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous...
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defense chief sparks of brow on capitol hill with some republicans wary chuck hagel foreign policies may be too soft for their liking. forcing their eight year old girl to speed at one hundred kilometers an hour on the snowy road a russian couple have caused anger in the online community with the latest viral video showcasing extreme examples of russian driving. and reaches an economic and political dead end as the country's crucial general election delivers no clear winner with the population massively rejecting austerity policies. live from moscow you're with archie where it's three pm it's twelve noon in rome but we begin in washington this hour where capitol hill has been shaken by a major bipartisan clash over the new defense secretary chuck hagel was narrowly approved by the senate after coming under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war and the jewish lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iraq cam reports chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find a
defense chief sparks of brow on capitol hill with some republicans wary chuck hagel foreign policies may be too soft for their liking. forcing their eight year old girl to speed at one hundred kilometers an hour on the snowy road a russian couple have caused anger in the online community with the latest viral video showcasing extreme examples of russian driving. and reaches an economic and political dead end as the country's crucial general election delivers no clear winner with the population...
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in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defensive. i mean doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the u
in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the...
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the pentagon is bracing for change chuck hagel will be sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary later on wednesday he's come under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq or to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on much of what he had said before and did it as as even his supporters noted in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the whole confirmation process including
the pentagon is bracing for change chuck hagel will be sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary later on wednesday he's come under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all...
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chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were confirming him as secretary of defense for israel i couldn't count how many times he said all options are on the table with regards to iran again and again saying a strike on iran is an option an option that he had previously called irresponsible by the way here's what chuck hagel kept repeating throughout the hearing get the united nations behind you get the
chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting...
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this is r t tonight chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval but his policies have drawn fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. sleazy chaos tonight after the parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear winner has european leaders now fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone we pick apart that one this hour. and. how's this for a minor traffic offense well the shocking video posted by russian capital shows their eight year old daughter driving dangerous leads. alone a very good evening to if you just joined us this is our international just after nine pm here in moscow with me kevin oh in a story chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after big naturally approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believe you could also be too soft on iran it's also just two days
this is r t tonight chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval but his policies have drawn fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. sleazy chaos tonight after the parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear winner has european leaders now fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone we pick apart that one this hour. and. how's...
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secretary of defense hagel will have to cope with a company long accused of using his cozy government ties to dodge the hands of justice last week the part private contractor firm academy formerly known infamously so as blackwater escaped with little more than a slap on the wrist over a new arms smuggling scandal michael o'brien is the author of a book called america's failure in iraq and he thinks it's essentially immune from prosecution. they're just follow on charges after the the debacle at mr square in the big beard september of two thousand and seven. course that was where the seventeen iraqis were were killed these are follow on charges that were. pushed against blackwater course that that's the old name the company technically doesn't exist that way they can you know technically legally sever the relationship the trop the charges three people were just look to walk to the charges were reduced to five thousand dollar fine slap on the wrist i think it also there's house arrest for four months or so. and the other thing too is they they claim that they were buying these weapons f
secretary of defense hagel will have to cope with a company long accused of using his cozy government ties to dodge the hands of justice last week the part private contractor firm academy formerly known infamously so as blackwater escaped with little more than a slap on the wrist over a new arms smuggling scandal michael o'brien is the author of a book called america's failure in iraq and he thinks it's essentially immune from prosecution. they're just follow on charges after the the debacle at...
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a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to grow through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this repenting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he had taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hague old has done one senator said he almost had
a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to grow through...
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chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval for his policies are drawing fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's elise in chaos after the parliamentary election fails to produce a clear winner is european leaders fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone expert comment coming home. and. this for a minor literally traffic offense the shocking video posted by a russian couple of their eight year old daughter driving on public roads is it dangerous. even if you just joined us eleven pm now here in moscow it's kevin owen live at r t h q with you in our top story chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being narrowly approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he also could be too soft on iran it's also of course just two days before billi
chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval for his policies are drawing fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's elise in chaos after the parliamentary election fails to produce a clear winner is european leaders fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone expert comment coming home. and. this for a minor literally traffic offense...
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senators to confirm chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense with a vote expected in just over an hour drew the ire of republicans from the outset as some of his views have put him at odds with his own party meanwhile a lackluster performance at his initial confirmation hearing didn't exactly help either while we're now joined live by our team is a guy in nature karen who is in washington for more gaia thanks for joining us there i'm curious is this really going to be a rubber stamp now or do you book spec that perhaps we'll see some other last minute hitches in this confirmation. well lucy at this point everything pretty much everything indicates that chuck hagel will finally be confirmed as defense secretary and he can finally leave behind all that apologizing and we're painting and he had to do a lot of that to get the job chuck hagel has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq for example to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the presiden
senators to confirm chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense with a vote expected in just over an hour drew the ire of republicans from the outset as some of his views have put him at odds with his own party meanwhile a lackluster performance at his initial confirmation hearing didn't exactly help either while we're now joined live by our team is a guy in nature karen who is in washington for more gaia thanks for joining us there i'm curious is this really going to be a rubber stamp now or...
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on the us political establishment continuing to endorse new chiefs defense secretary nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate this week while senator john kerry has been sworn in as u.s. secretary of state kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe he is likely to be rather old school in his current approach you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance to to kerry and clinton any more frankly than there was between his condo lease already seventy three clinton in the last twenty years even in the last since bush and obama what is really change trey's first rate wars in afghanistan and pakistan and now they're positioning so-called missiles the fence which is essentially a first rate weapon targeted assassinations intensified under obama and his assertion of his right to order the killing of american citizens anywhere in the world is carried in a stand up in international forums and say no that's wrong we can't do that i don't think so neither did hillary clinton. the first man convicted over america's prison tortur
on the us political establishment continuing to endorse new chiefs defense secretary nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate this week while senator john kerry has been sworn in as u.s. secretary of state kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe he is likely to be rather old school in his current approach you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance to to kerry and clinton any more frankly than there was between his...
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at midnight moscow time chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval but his policies have drawn fire from capitol hill his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's amazing chaos after the parliamentary election this failed to produce a clear winner as european leaders now fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire. comment coming up. for a minor quite literally traffic offense this shocking video posted by a russian couple of the eight year old daughter driving on a public highway at dangerous speeds. well over a good morning so if you just joined us just a tad after midnight here now in moscow kevin owen here at r.t. h.q. and our top stories you just heard chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being narrowly approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing you could also be too soft on iran it's also j
at midnight moscow time chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval but his policies have drawn fire from capitol hill his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's amazing chaos after the parliamentary election this failed to produce a clear winner as european leaders now fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire. comment coming up. for a minor quite literally traffic...
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and will they or won't they chuck hagel faces a vote before the senate to become the next secretary of defense but his nomination has not been an easy process if confirmed what can we expect for the new man who will lead the pentagon. and its back to the cybersecurity bill cispa has returned from the graveyard we'll tell you about the proposed bill that could give the n.s.a. power to snoop on your internet activities. it's wednesday february thirteenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. start of taking a look at president obama's state of the union address. last night touched on everything from jobs to guns to immigration the president covered a lot of ground in artie's meghan lopez was at the capitol last night to ask lawmakers some critical questions mr speaker. the president of united states a phrase that brings the media to the steps of capitol hill year after year five hundred thirty five lawmakers some forty four million viewers all looking to hear one man's plan for our country's future party was there and beyond the pomp. the grand handing and
and will they or won't they chuck hagel faces a vote before the senate to become the next secretary of defense but his nomination has not been an easy process if confirmed what can we expect for the new man who will lead the pentagon. and its back to the cybersecurity bill cispa has returned from the graveyard we'll tell you about the proposed bill that could give the n.s.a. power to snoop on your internet activities. it's wednesday february thirteenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz...
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talking about hagel being pro israel enough when strangely omitting any and all discussion about the most controversial point dean obama's second term john brennan the assassination czar who's now leading the cia yep he's been running on a get out of jail free card literally. and in case you don't remember his scandalous resume let me refresh your memory this is the man who advocated giving immunity to telecom corporations participating in bush's illegal wiretapping program this is the man who led the signature drone strikes abroad which invoke targeted assassinations of people without due process you know blowing people up with all that messy paperwork we like to call due process not to mention that he also lied about drones causing no civilian deaths in pakistan this is the man that most recently at his confirmation hearing refused to admit that waterboarding is torture really really look congress has got it all wrong and the lacking media has diligently followed suit they're speculating about the wrong man they should be up in arms over promoting one of the most controversial bush
talking about hagel being pro israel enough when strangely omitting any and all discussion about the most controversial point dean obama's second term john brennan the assassination czar who's now leading the cia yep he's been running on a get out of jail free card literally. and in case you don't remember his scandalous resume let me refresh your memory this is the man who advocated giving immunity to telecom corporations participating in bush's illegal wiretapping program this is the man who...
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all right we're going to turn now to some breaking news we just got word that chuck hagel has been confirmed we're going to bring you more on that more on this confirmation as soon as we get more information we're going to turn now to dan and politan no who today delivered a state of the homeland security address and while the media who play is all about see questor ation the homeland security secretary covered a lot of ground we know reach our next year or. three point zero if you will and as you'll see the software metaphor is really accidental at all although paula time to discuss everything from cyber security its immigration and our producer rachel curtis yes was at the brookings institute and joined me earlier with a studio in the studio with a d. brief on a poll it's on i was address secretary. made cyber security a huge portion of her speech so we've edited together some of the more interesting and important moments of that if we'd like to take a listen to it. the cyber realm wasn't even a major priority of the early department and now it is one of our five core mission areas over th
all right we're going to turn now to some breaking news we just got word that chuck hagel has been confirmed we're going to bring you more on that more on this confirmation as soon as we get more information we're going to turn now to dan and politan no who today delivered a state of the homeland security address and while the media who play is all about see questor ation the homeland security secretary covered a lot of ground we know reach our next year or. three point zero if you will and as...
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says john kerry secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. the syrian president bashar assad says his army is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the israeli defense minister today hinting for the first time that his forces were behind this week's attack on its northern neighbor. has the details. it does come from the israeli defense minister it would be iraq and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed
says john kerry secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. the syrian president bashar assad says his army is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the israeli...
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failing to get enough support from the republicans well the results not a complete defeat for chuck hagel and that may give his opponents more time to further spoil his chances of vietnam veteran is known antiwar activist had previously clashed with republican lawmakers over his criticism of the jewish lobby in washington and this is precisely what got him in trouble in the first place that's according to paul craig roberts assistant secretary of the u.s. treasury under president reagan. a lot you see him. made a mistake some years ago when he said that he was an american senator not an israeli senator and this instant come up. in the in the last presidential election in the united states the israeli prime minister. supported it but. the peace process for that and created president of the united states and in very demeaning way. and so the bombing there i was answering back to the israeli prime minister by appointing a u.s. senator who did a very very rare thing and asserted his independence. of the israeli government. this is r.t. and the us library of congress is working hard on filing
failing to get enough support from the republicans well the results not a complete defeat for chuck hagel and that may give his opponents more time to further spoil his chances of vietnam veteran is known antiwar activist had previously clashed with republican lawmakers over his criticism of the jewish lobby in washington and this is precisely what got him in trouble in the first place that's according to paul craig roberts assistant secretary of the u.s. treasury under president reagan. a lot...
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the hearing yesterday with chuck hagel being considered for secretary of defense and you once had this cheerleading of the sanctions as if they're sacrosanct as if they're this amazing policy that have done so many good things for us when in reality if you look at the last ten years of. u.s. policy on iran we haven't actually achieved a whole lot we've done a lot of things in terms of we can iran's economy and sort of ratcheting up the pressure but iran centrifuges are still still spinning we're on the precipice of a war and now with afghanistan we're facing these really tough questions about can we continue to be anime's with iran and not engaging with iran while we're trying to leave afghanistan in some sort of stable fashion well i think the other question that remains to be answered is really what the u.s. envisions for afghanistan and more importantly what afghanistan in vision is for afghanistan in the future meaning that obviously you know afghanistan asserts that it's going to be completely independent of the u.s. so do is america i guess for saying afghanistan's hand and havin
the hearing yesterday with chuck hagel being considered for secretary of defense and you once had this cheerleading of the sanctions as if they're sacrosanct as if they're this amazing policy that have done so many good things for us when in reality if you look at the last ten years of. u.s. policy on iran we haven't actually achieved a whole lot we've done a lot of things in terms of we can iran's economy and sort of ratcheting up the pressure but iran centrifuges are still still spinning...
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secretary of state this week while defense chief nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate kerry took over from hillary clinton but as international studies professor stephen zunes told r.t. he's likely to be very old school in. there is an outspoken supporter of the iraq war and not being among the you know right wing minority of democrats on capitol hill that voted to authorize the war but i don't and not only. making up the stance of tales about massive via logical in chemical weapons stockpiles the nuclear program i'm delivering this test the literary systems that are going but you are going to clear that that was all just often enough so-called writings of mass destruction you said you were for the war in the way because saddam hussein was a terrible that your enemy had to pass the of making this kind of weapon sometimes mention of course i got it right here for one in thirty countries retards here and it's a lose that i have a bill if you're john. kerry was essentially open so the lie that hey you have a right. to criticize the moral and legal arguments no iraq was yours as
secretary of state this week while defense chief nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate kerry took over from hillary clinton but as international studies professor stephen zunes told r.t. he's likely to be very old school in. there is an outspoken supporter of the iraq war and not being among the you know right wing minority of democrats on capitol hill that voted to authorize the war but i don't and not only. making up the stance of tales about massive via logical in chemical weapons...
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criticism of susan rice at the possibility of she would be announced of chuck hagel. that. is this is ludicrously unfair of course it is of course is. but that's also part of the reality of living in a political environment say six years on do you think iran is still out.
criticism of susan rice at the possibility of she would be announced of chuck hagel. that. is this is ludicrously unfair of course it is of course is. but that's also part of the reality of living in a political environment say six years on do you think iran is still out.
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secretary of state this week while defense chief no money chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate sees military force as a last resort for you which is attracting both admiration and criticism among american politicians but some experts believe washington that once scaled down its foreign military campaigns no matter who is in charge at the pentagon and president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about th
secretary of state this week while defense chief no money chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate sees military force as a last resort for you which is attracting both admiration and criticism among american politicians but some experts believe washington that once scaled down its foreign military campaigns no matter who is in charge at the pentagon and president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and...
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criticism of susan rice at the possibility of she would be announced of chuck hagel. that. is this ludicrously unfair of course it is of course is. but that's also part of the reality of living in a political environment so six years on do you think iran is still after a nuclear weapon in your opinion whether the judgment that we made was that. it was a political decision to halt the weaponization portions of its program it continued to fizzle material fizzle material was the pacing element is that the. the time required to go from physical material to what. we did it was shorter than a dime fissile material. but they halted it. for. terminology we used was because of international scrutiny and pressure but that sense it was a political decision it was a matter of a technical problem. or a change in geo political situation they still lived in a tough neighborhood. that they could turn this program back on again at any time and we also said in that release part we weren't sure we would know if they turned it back on a more about intelligence is the intelligence good enough t
criticism of susan rice at the possibility of she would be announced of chuck hagel. that. is this ludicrously unfair of course it is of course is. but that's also part of the reality of living in a political environment so six years on do you think iran is still after a nuclear weapon in your opinion whether the judgment that we made was that. it was a political decision to halt the weaponization portions of its program it continued to fizzle material fizzle material was the pacing element is...